Work means Cedar Rapids for about two in five of Alburnett’s working residents
For 26% of workers, the job is at home, where Iowa as a whole has 11%. Only 4% stay in Alburnett for work; outside it, Cedar Rapids is the main destination (43%, 13 miles). Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Alburnett and work: the main findings
43% of Alburnett works in Cedar Rapids
141 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Cedar Rapids, 13 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Alburnett itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Alburnett
26% of Alburnett workers work from home, against 11% across Iowa. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 331 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Alburnett: the destinations
Where Alburnett clocks in
43% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Time on the road from Alburnett: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alburnett workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 312 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Alburnett
On a workday 317 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 291 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What the 305 jobs in Alburnett are
305 jobs are based in Alburnett.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alburnett, 2014 → 2024: 209 → 305. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alburnett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Alburnett
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Alburnett: questions
What is the median household income in Alburnett?
$105,357 (±$25,919) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alburnett?
2.4%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alburnett?
21 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alburnett work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around Alburnett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alburnett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alburnett
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.